Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 2026 PST
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.5° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 3AM is: 0.3m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (04 Mar)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (04 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Tue
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
0
0
!
!
!
!
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.3
SSW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1.3
NW
2
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)666186666778891010101010111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9310882608661972974365856895746768531124160217971977225320171900161314471350
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
35
NW
40
NW
40
NW
30
NNW
20
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:54PM
1.40
10:40AM
1.43
11:22PM
1.44
11:26AM
1.29
11:49PM
1.45
12:16PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:30PM
-0.09
4:43AM
0.30
4:59PM
0.07
5:29AM
0.25
5:27PM
0.24
6:16AM
0.23
Tue
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise----6:33-------6:33-------6:31---
Sunset-------6:04-------6:05-------6:06
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C12121212121314131111111091113141211111111121415
Feels °C (?)99109911853567681097999771011
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